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Dayton Asks Sites For Final Vikings Stadium PlansST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton on Thursday gave leaders in Minneapolis and Ramsey County one week to finalize their proposals to host a new Vikings stadium, so that he and state lawmakers can decide between them.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton on Thursday gave leaders in Minneapolis and Ramsey County one week to finalize their proposals to host a new Vikings stadium, so that he and state lawmakers can decide between them.
Dayton sent letters to Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and Ramsey County Board Chairman Rafael Ortega. He requested "as much detailed information as possible" about how each would pay a local cost share, how ownership and operating structures would work, and arguments as to why their site is superior.
Dayton wrote that his request had been vetted with the two lead stadium bill sponsors in the state House and Senate.
"This timeline has been determined by Representative (Morrie) Lanning, Senator (Julie) Rosen, and myself as essential to continuing the legislation's momentum and giving the Legislature the information and time necessary to discuss, decide and act," the governor wrote to Rybak and Ortega.
Dayton said at an afternoon news conference that he hoped setting a deadline would return a sense of urgency to the issue in advance of the Jan. 24 start of the 2012 legislative session, where the stadium debate is expected to dominate much of lawmakers' initial attention.
"We want to be able to go to legislators at the beginning of the session and say, this is the proposal," he said.
Dayton said he hoped lawmakers would dispatch with the stadium issue early in the session that is supposed to run no later than April 30.
The Minnesota Vikings have been seeking a public subsidy to help build a replacement for the Metrodome, which team officials say is no longer sufficiently profitable. The team's last game under their lease in that 30-year-old facility was played last weekend, and team officials have vowed not to renew it.
Costs to build a new stadium are likely to exceed $1 billion, with the Vikings are so far signaling willingness to pay more than $400 million. The state would pay about $300 million from an undetermined revenue source likely to include tax revenue from a gambling expansion, leaving the local host expected to cough up about $350 million.
Ramsey County has proposed building on a suburban site in Arden Hills. Minneapolis has discussed three potential sites: two near the Twins' Target Field, and the other at the current Metrodome site. The Vikings owners prefer the Ramsey County site, but have not ruled out staying in downtown Minneapolis.
It's been unclear how Ramsey County would pay its local share after Dayton and lawmakers ruled out a local sales tax increase. Ortega said the new county proposal would include a more narrow sales tax increase, likely on restaurants and bars. In Minneapolis, Rybak has suggested diverting proceeds from an existing city sales tax that currently pays off convention center construction bonds.
Rybak and Minneapolis Council President Barbara Johnson said in a news release they would meet Dayton's deadline and that keeping the Vikings in Minneapolis would be "more accessible and affordable for fans than Arden Hills."
Ortega said the Ramsey County final proposal also would be ready in time to meet the deadline.
"There's nothing new in any of this," Ortega said. "We literally could put this together tomorrow."
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Hi there,
I was wondering how difficult it would be to translate stats into an odd shaped object, to be divideed up into a pie. Oviously I could make a normal pie. overlay it and split the object up according to the angles, but this would result in un even area mass (ideally the area of each slace should equate to the percentage of each figue).
Hope this makes sense (my brains feeling slightly mushy thanks for excessive analysis of recycling statistics!
Kind regards D.E
If your object is odd-shaped I have the feeling that it won't make a very good pie chart. It will be difficult to compare visually the relative areas og the slices.
Apart from that I don't think there's any way to divide an irregular shape automatically into slices of a predetermined area. You would presumably need to start off by finding the shape's centre of gravity but that will only get you so far. (There are threads about that. Here's a nice long one: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4279794#4279794)
What kind of "odd shape" do you have in mind?
If you're talking about having AI's pie graph functionality automatically substitute any arbitrary shape for the circular pie, then no, there is no feature for such a thing.
If you're talking about manually substituting the arbitrary shape(s), and the stumbling block is just knowing the area of the arbitrary shape:
Illustrator's Javascript model does include an area property of the PathItem object, which returns the area of a path in square points. So you could:
1. Use the Pie Chart Graph tool to create a plain vanilla pie chart.
2. Ungroup the chart completely (several nestings deep) until you have individual paths.
3. Select a wedge, run the script (a simple script is below), note the area.
4. Draw the corresponding arbitrary shape, run the script, note the area.
5. Divide the areas to arrive at a scale factor.
6. Scale the arbitrary shape accordingly.
//script start
var docRef=app.activeDocument;
var pathRef=docRef.selection[0];
var pathRefArea=pathRef.area;
//script end
A little elaboaration of the script could automatically scale the arbitrary shape to the same area as that of the pie chart slice, but doing the simple math should not be arduous for occasional need.
So, for example, suppose you wanted to conceptually compare the counts of three separate recycled items by depicting proportional heaps of each item: aluminum cans, plastic bottles, glass bottles. You could:
1. Store a graphic of a single can, a single plastic bottle, and a single glass bottle as Symbols.
2. Use the Symbolism tools (Sprayer, Sizer, Scruncher, Spinner, etc.) to draw the three heaps.
3. Use the procedure described above to determine scale factors for the three heaps.
The results could look like three similarly- but irregularly-shaped piles of cans, plastic bottles, and glass bottles, proportionally sized to suggest the relative counts of recycled items.
Obviously this method will work as long as the original object is roughly pie-shaped.
But what if it's L-shaped or even just plain square? You're going to get into hellish trouble reckoning out the areas of the slices (like JET explains).
It's a bit like dividing seven potatoes equally between five people – usually the easiest way is to mash them.
Still with the Bangers&Mash, eh Steve. Can't get the Englis out of the boy.
Still with the Bangers&Mash, eh Steve.
First thing I go for when visiting the UK. Can't get decent bangers here.
As fot the spuds, have you guys (stateside) got another word for mashing?
Usually here referred to as mashed potatoes.
Usually here referred to as mashed potatoes.
So that's just about the same. How about bangers or don't you have them? And I don't mean wieners/frankfurters.
Proper bangers ares made from fat pork, breadcrumbs moistened with milk, pepper, salt and various herbs.
Sold uncooked (pale and limp) and they fatten up when fried so you have to ***** them beforehand so that the skins don't split. Fry until crisp on the outside.
The final result looks something like this (the gravy is optional):
I think it sounds (and looks) excellent, but imagination fails me when I try to figure out how to ***** them. What did Nanny omit?
It appears that Nanny deleted the very innocent word for what you do with a fork to make little holes.
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Ahahahaha. Best post ever.
Hahahaha how the hell did we get into bangers and mash recipees!!!!!
If I could pull this back to my original question for a minute, I'm looking for a method which can split more uneven shapes, the first one I'm working on is to relect differnt stats about wood recycling, and I want to split this odd shaped log into chunks to reflect the stats.
I did think about using the pie chart tool like Mike suggested, but that would mean the bits on the left and right have a much lower surface area than the ones on the top and bottom.
Is there no way to eithr tweak a standard pie so its shape fits this one, or to divide this up according to percentages of its surface area?
I'd really like to know as this is the only image I have which is remotely simlar to standard pies.
FYI pie and mash tops bangers and mash any day and gravy is NEVER optional!!!!!!
After wrestling for about 2 hours with Illustrator's immensely frustratingly limited Javascript, I'm officially giving up on this.
I came this far:
1. Select the base object, and enter a series of values. Easy as Pie Chart, so far. Even drawing a proper pie on top of the selection -- to use as a base value -- is ... doable. Just.
2. you cannot get 'the area' of a symbol or compound object. So I (manually!) draw an outline copy on top of the original and used that.
3. you cannot 'intersect', 'minus back', or do any other pathfinder operation. So I copied Carlos' method of creating a Graphic Style for Minus Back.
4. you cannot Expand Appearance from a script, and you cannot measure the area of a live Minus Back'ed object.
There goes my idea, down the drain: calculate the deviation of the sliced-up object to the value required, adjust, and re-slice the object according to this new insight.
Instead I got an entirely new insight. Guess what it was.
We got into mashed potatoes because the best way to recycle your log of firewood is to reduce it to sawdust and then regroup it.
JET's answer is probably next best but my brain doesn't work the same way as his so I'm sure I would never get a script like he suggests to work properly.
Mike's way is good too but you would need to fiddle with it if you want to get the centre vertices to match the centre of the annual rings. I reckon I would fake it and hope that no-one would notice (which they probably wouldn't if you did it well). It has something to do with positioning the centre of the (undistorted) pie chart on a point diametrically opposite the centre of the annual rings and then moving just the centre points back the the centre of the rings, but I don't know how to do it mathematically.
Or maybe Jongware has got something up his sleeve that he's not letting on about.
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After wrestling for about 2 hours with Illustrator's immensely frustratingly limited Javascript, I'm officially giving up on this.
hahaha...sorry about that Jongware, I know, it's not funny...are you implying you can actually do stuff with ID scripting?
Instead I got an entirely new insight. Guess what it was.
#@%& Illustrator Scripting?
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...are you implying you can actually do stuff with ID scripting?
I sure can. You'll be amazed, but ...
Instead I got an entirely new insight. Guess what it was.
#@%& Illustrator Scripting?
right! ... so you're going to have to use InDesign to use that forthcoming Amazing Script.
In a stump chart case like this it would seem appropriate to use the pith as the starting point of the chart.
The following images show a relatively simple way of making a quite accurate division in connexion with a stump that has a strongly asymmetric shape with reaction wood.
Always keep a copy of the artwork at different stages.
I) shows the stump, the stroke/nofill annual rings and the pith as a group kept on top and (mostly) locked in the following steps, the stroked and filled (outer) shape of the stump being worked with.
II) shows a division aid in the form of a 360 (1 degrees) pie chart, made from a Polar grid with 0 Concentric Dividers and 360 Radial Dividers: the Radial Dividers are extended past the outer circle, and the pie pieces are formed by Pathfinder>Divide.
III) shows the division aid centred over the pith.
IV) shows the stump moved on top of the division aid, its fill covering the inner part.
V) shows the result of Object>Path>Divide Objects Below where the stump has cut the division aid.
VI) shows the result when the outlying superfluous parts of the division aid have been deleted.
Now the division aid consists of 360 closed paths, each spanning 1 degree, all starting/meeting at the pith. These should be Ungrouped.
At any time up to this point, the total stump area may be determined, for older versions the free Telegraphics PathArea Filter may be used (available at http://www.telegraphics.com.au/sw/browse/Filters).
Now it is easy to select a number of closed paths of the division aid and use the PathArea filter (or whatever) to determine the proportion of the total area (simple division), to adjust by adding/removing and/or undoing/redoing, and then to Pathfinder>Unite (or whatever it is called in the version in question) to create a piece of the pie, and finally to increase the Stroke Weight as desired.
VII) shows the result of creating the top piece of 11%.
VIII) shows the result of creating all the pieces (made clockwise one at a time), the three 11% pieces (the first one and the two last ones) chosen to be alike, thus showing the great difference(s) in angles for identical areas.
This procedure leads to a great number of Anchor Points in the bark; it is possible to get rid of them by scaling the pieces with the pith as the key object, placing the original stump path on top, and Object>Path>Divide Objects Below, then delete the outlying parts.
It is also possible to move the pieces apart, away from the pith, if there is a wish to hurt the stump (even more).
The accuracy is well within 0.1% of the total stump area for the least accurate pieces.


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An Intro to Moving Averages: Popular Technical Indicators
by Wayne A. Thorp, CFA
Over the last few articles, we have covered many of the basics of technical analysis, mainly chart types and pattern recognition. Having laid the foundation, it is time to move on to a more involved discussion and delve into the core of technical analysis—indicators—and how they are used in the analysis process and in the development of systematic trading strategies. To get things started, we will begin with one of the more basic, yet quite popular, indicators—moving averages.
Moving averages
Moving averages are among the oldest and most widely used technical analysis tools. Due to the relative ease with which they are calculated, moving averages are the preferred tools of newcomers to technical analysis. They have also found favor among some fundamental analysts who make decisions on fundamental factors such as earnings and sales but use moving averages to time buy and sell decisions. With the wide availability of computers and their increased use in financial analysis, you can now create moving averages covering several decades worth of data in a matter of seconds.
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Anonymous from Virginia posted over 2 years ago:
Will there ever be moving averages on Stock Investor Pro?
Wayne from Illinois posted over 2 years ago:
Stock Investor is a fundamental stock screening program. As such, it does not have technical indicators such as moving averages. Furthermore, the program only has monthly pricing, so moving averages would not be as dynamic as they would be with daily or weekly prices. Wayne A. Thorp, CFA, editor, Computerized Investing
Munro from California posted over 2 years ago:
what effect should volume have on one's analysis of move? How can one interject vome ionto the analysis? When the figure is available, I looked at total up-volume vs total down-volme over a particular period of time. But Scottrade no lonfger makes that nmber avalable.
Ray from Texas posted over 2 years ago:
Historically has 200 day moving averages been substantially profitable when used to enter or exit the market entirely?
Douglas from California posted over 2 years ago:
J.S. Payne had an interesting article in the October 1989 "Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities." The moving average calculation he advocated in that article is one in which the most recent and last data points are weighted once, the next two data points (next to most recent and next to last) are double weighted, and so on until you reach the mid-point of the data points. All of these weighted data point values are then, of course, summed together and then divided by the sum of the weightings themselves. The results seemed to provide cleaner trend lines at virtually all moving average lengths -- with greater clarity being achieved at longer lengths. Have you or any of the members played with this? Does Meta Stock provide for this calculation? Take care.
Donald Dony from posted 5 days ago:
In the comment "that all technical indicators rely on events that have already occurred—namely historical prices and volume." we must remember that all forward fundamental calculations are, at best, an educated guess. The most reliable fundamental analysis relies on historical data.


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Liz Wahl, an anchor on state-funded Russia Today, shocked viewers last night when she took a stand against President Vladimir Putin… by resigning on air!
"I cannot be part of a network funded by the Russian government that whitewashes the actions of Putin," Wahl said at the end of her broadcast, following a discussion of the "ethical and moral challenges" she has faced on the Russia Today team.
Wahl hails from a family who escaped Soviet rule during the 1956 Hungarian revolution and is the daughter of a U.S. veteran.
"I'm proud to be an American and believe in disseminating the truth," Wahl said. "And that is why, after this newscast, I'm resigning."


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Have you ever been watching a TV show with a guy and been shocked to hear him say, "Ugh, she's just not attractive at all!" Sometimes men and women can have completely different opinions on who and what is 'pretty.'
Ali spoke to Mansome's Roger Hailes about what he thinks the main difference is. Women find "petite, small women" aspirationally beautiful, while guys like "voluptuous with just maybe a dash of slutty."
To put that in more visual terms, Roger says January Jones is girl pretty. "She's neat, she's small, she's the feminine ideal," he explains, but guys want, "boobs and a butt." In other words, have a burger. Guys really DO like a woman with meat on her bones.
Another surprising beauty that men just aren't that in to? Supermodel Gisele Bundchen. Her problem, according to Roger, is that "she's too perfect." Basically, if a guy can't imagine a single circumstance under which he'd have a chance with a woman, he just moves on. It's like a self-defense mechanism. "Now I know why so many men have an issue with me, " Ali replied.
Anne Hathaway is another example of girl pretty as opposed to guy pretty. "She's just too earnest," says Roger.
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Horrible Customer Service – I have been to the Quail Corners and Dilworth community location and have experienced bath customer service at both locations. You guys seriously need to step it up!!!! I wont reccomend them to anyone, will gladly spend the extra money and go to starbucks..
went to new ballantyne location – glad to see a gourmet coffee in the ballantyne village, I go after workout in the morning and they have a very good cup of cofffee
Best Coffee In Charlotte! – Not sure what the last reviewer had stuck up his brewery cause Dilworth Coffee rocks! The prices are competitive if not better than Starbucks and Caribou and the WI-FI is totally free! I've been going to Dilworth Coffee for over 10 years and I love the neighborhood feel, plus the coffee is outstanding! Not to mention, the beans are locally roasted right in Charlotte's Southend neighborhood.
Avoid if good customer service means anything to you – Sorry, but 3 strikes and you're out in my book. I want to like this cute place so bad but I am done with it. The customer service is barely mediocre at best and done right rude on my last trip. I worked in an indie coffee shop for 3 years while in college and never did I treat the customers like those people do. They need some lessons from the Park Rd. location, which has always been spectacular. The prices are well above Starbuck's and Caribou, so I'll gladly make the the 3-block trip just for some eye contact and a smile... especially for a superfluous purchase as a cup of coffee.
Great specialty brews, and a place to buy in bulk if you need some beans to go. – The Scene
Forget Starbucks. Forget Caribou. Dilworth Coffee House serves up one steamin'-good cup of java, and it does so in a cozy space with local flavor. Like any coffeehouse, this is a great place to relax with a cup of joe, enjoy a newspaper or the new novel you can't wait to dive into, or just observe the people around you.
The delicious aroma of coffee will tempt you to linger--most of one wall is lined with cabinets filled with coffee beans waiting to be ground. In addition to coffee, the shop offers a large selection of teas and iced drinks. Try a flavored frappe for a real treat.
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Esophagectomy Quality Measures
Quality measures, also referred to as quality indicators, can be used to report how well an organization provides care for patients undergoing certain procedures and/or for patients with particular medical conditions. They assess aspects of healthcare structure (such as types and availability of services), outcomes (such as infection rates, mortality, length of stay), or processes (such as giving antibiotics prior to and after certain surgical procedures).
Research was conducted to determine the established or emerging quality measures for esophagectomy, a surgical procedure performed to take out part or all of the esophagus because it has cancerous growth. These quality statements provide relevant information needed to help you make more informed decisions about your healthcare.
Quality measures have been provided for each of the topics below. In addition, you will find information about the sources used to establish each quality measure. This information is provided to help you assess the ability of our organization to provide quality health care for you and/or your family members.
Annual surgical volume for esophagectomy procedures
The Leapfrog Group suggested that a hospital that performs 13 esophagectomy procedures per year has better outcomes. Several study results demonstrate improved outcomes in hospitals that perform a large number of esophagectomies. (Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, June 2000: 119(6); 1126-1134)
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital performed 17 esophagectomy procedures in 2004, exceeding the Leapfrog Group's recommended volume of 13 procedures per year.
Physician board certification
A board-certified physician has completed an approved educational training program and an evaluation process including an examination designed to assess the knowledge, skills, and experience necessary to provide quality patient care in that specialty. A specialty certificate is issued by a medical specialty certifying board, which is valid nationwide. Although certification is not required for an individual physician to practice medicine, most hospitals and managed care organizations require that at least a certain percentage of their staff be "board certified." Today, approximately 89% of licensed physicians are certified by one or more ABMS Member Boards. (American Board of Medical Specialties)
All of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital's thoracic surgeons who perform esophagectomy are board certified in Thoracic Surgery by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.
Average length of stay for esophagectomy
According to the most recent national data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the average post-procedure length of stay for esophagectomy procedures was 16.2 days.
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital's average length of stay for esophagectomy surgery was 16.3 days in 2004.
Availability of advanced techniques/interventions for esophagectomy
Since 1988, improvements in techniques, practices, and processes, such as transhiatal (the incision is made through the neck) and transthoracic (the incision is made across or through the thoracic cavity or chest wall) surgical approaches, and improved anesthetic medications, have also contributed to improved outcomes for persons having esophageal surgery. The various surgical approaches differ in location of the incisions and in the methods used to remove part or all of the esophagus. The surgical approach is often determined by the tumor location. (Annals of Surgery, August 2000: 232(2); 225-232)
Another study reports that the minimally invasive approach or thoracoscopic technique is also a viable option for some patients. (Annals of Surgery, October 2003: 238(4); 486-495)
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital has advanced techniques and interventions available for the surgical treatment of esophageal cancer including:
- Transhiatal Esophagectomy
- Transthoracic Esophagectomy
- Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy
Antibiotic prophylaxis
According to JCAHO's Surgical Infection Prevention Core Performance Measures, patients undergoing surgery should receive a prophylactic antibiotic within one hour prior to the surgical incision being made.
91% of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital's esophagectomy patients received prophylactic antibiotics within one hour prior to the surgical incision in 2004-2005.
In 2004, two patients received their prophylactic antibiotic 15 minutes and 20 minutes early, which yielded an 88% performace. Neither patient developed post-operative infection. However, process improvements resulted in a 100% performance in 2005. Our team of surgeons, anesthesiologists and nurses now utilize computerized antibiotic screens and intraoperative reminders to ensure antibiotics are given within one hour before a surgical incision is made.
Postoperative high-density barium swallow
A barium swallow is an x-ray examination of the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract, specifically the pharynx (back of mouth and throat) and the esophagus (hollow tube of muscle extending from below the tongue to the stomach). The pharynx and esophagus are made visible on x-ray film by a liquid suspension called barium. A barium swallow may be performed separately or as part of an upper gastrointestinal (UGI) series, which evaluates the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum (first part of the small intestine).
Because a postoperative leak around the sutures is a serious complication that may occur after esophagectomy, a barium swallow is generally performed before allowing an esophagectomy patient to resume taking food and liquids by mouth.
According to the American Journal of Roentgenology, studies support the use of high-density barium as part of the routine postoperative radiographic examination to rule out leakage before beginning oral feedings or if a leak is suspected. A water-soluble contrast agent should not be used. (American Journal of Roentgenology, August 2003: 181(2); 415-420)
In 2004-2005, 100% of transhiatal esophagectomy patients at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital received routine postoperative high-density barium swallows.
Inpatient mortality rate for esophagectomy
According to the most recent data available from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the inpatient mortality rate for esophagectomy was 8.4%. (HCUP)
The inpatient mortality rate for esophagectomy at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital was 0% in 2004-2005, which is better than the national average of 8.4%.


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Alexander Nevsky Monastery, St. Petersburg
Alexander Nevsky Monastery is an 18th-century Russian Orthodox monastery in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Alexander Nevsky, a.k.a. Prince Alexander of Novgorod (1220-63), was a great military commander who became a national hero and saint for halting the relentless eastward advances of the Germans and the Swedes.
This was achieved in a great battle in 1240 on the Nev River, earning the prince the title "Alexander of the Nev," or Alexander Nevsky. The saint-prince was buried in Vladimir until 1724, when Tsar Peter the Great ordered his remains transferred to the monastery founded in his honor.
Alexander Nevsy Monastery was founded in 1710 to house the relics of its namesake, who was patron saint of the newly-founded capital city.
Tsar Peter the Great built the monastery on its present site believing it was the place of the famous battle, but actually it took place about 12 miles away.
In 1797, the monastery of Alexander Nevsky was raised to the rank of lavra, a status enjoyed by only four Russian Orthodox monasteries (another is the Holy Trinity Lavra at Sergiev Posad).
What to See
Entrance is through the archway of the elegant Gate Church (Tserkovnyye Vorota), built 1783-85. The walled pathway is flanked by two cemeteries whose entrances are a short walk down the path.
The monastery structures include two baroque churches, designed by father and son Trezini and built in 1717-22 and 1742-50, respectively; the majestic Holy Trinity Cathedral (Troitsky sobor), built in 1778-90 to a design by Ivan Starov; and numerous structures of lesser importance.
One of the few churches in St. Petersburg allowed to function during the Soviet era, the cathedral's Neoclassical design stands out among the monastery's predominantly baroque architecture. Near the cathedral is a millennial monument celebrating 2,000 years of Christianity.
The Lazarus and Tikhvin Cemeteries at Alexander Nevsky Lavra are together known as the "Necropolis of Masters of Arts." Here the ornate tombs of Mikhail Lomonosov, Alexander Suvorov, Nikolay Karamzin, Modest Mussorgsky, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and other famous Russians can be visited.
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Hollis explored and discussed nearly his entire inventory Tuesday afternoon as his customers ventured in and out, greeting him by name and finding the perfect plant, flower or edible item to take home. In the 15 years Hollis has maintained and expanded Rail City Garden Center, he has seen its evolution from a rock and landscaping business to an expansive gardening locale with several subdivisions for its customers.
"We try to be complete," Hollis said. "We pretty much wanted to have everything for the do-it-yourselfer, which I was and I had to hunt things down at different stores. A person can come here and get everything done."
Hollis explained that "everything" is comprised in Rail City Garden Center's certification in fish health and care, which allows it a large inventory of ponds. Its license as a construction contractor for on-call maintenance and landscaping, and Hollis' certification as an "arborist," allows for tree growing information.
Hollis said much of his inventory is no stranger to the constant changes of the world, and he said he tries to adapt his vegetables, plants and other items to cater to his frequent customers.
"Our inventory has been hard to find items or unusual items, especially in the vegetable garden," Hollis said. "We have shifted our inventory and part of it is we are probably the number one center for a vegetable garden. If we find it on a market and it is cool, it is coming here.
"The way it works is my wife and I go shopping. She buys all the decorative stuff and I take care of the stuff that I like. I am trees, rock and dirt and she is wind chimes and bird baths. She is good at that, while I am horrible with that."
Giant windmills, countless yard ornaments and plenty of green-thumb signage lie throughout the stocked rows of the garden center. It provides a nice addition to the outdoor setup, complete with all you need to build various planting beds, secure your plants from predators or even build your own 'roundhouse,' a type of greenhouse.
"We try to provide what people need but the most important thing is giving them current, responsible and accurate information," Hollis said. "Things have changed and there are always new plants coming into this market."
The exchange of accurate information, according to Hollis, is largely facilitated in the newly created Green College, which is held on site and explores numerous topics in the world of agriculture. With weekend classes and a constantly updating website, Hollis said it helps people gearing up for the gardening season.
"The last couple weeks have been, 'What am I going to do with my peach tree blooming? How do I protect it?'" Hollis said of his current and most frequent questions. "We can answer that and show you how to protect it. The other one is about rabbits and squirrels showing up. So we have product to help them with that.
"(Green College) went from a temporary tent we had in the parking lot and then we moved it back here; and as it grows we adapt," Hollis said, pointing to a building in the center of the property. "Everything is as it grows. We make adjustments and we stay on top of what people want to do and what people want to grow. People want to grow their own veggies and they want to take ownership of what is in their yard and what they are eating."
As a former horticulture and landscaping teacher at Glen Hare Center in Reno, Hollis said changing "phases," from specializing in rock building to learning continually more about growing vegetables and plants, was an easy transition. The biggest enjoyment for him: the great outdoors.
"Number one it is working outside," Hollis said of his job. "I kind of got into this and this is what I like to do. We are our own boss so if there is something we want to do, we do it."
Though growing and planting may be his specialty, Hollis said he still learns plenty from his Nevada farming customers on the best way to grow in the challenging Nevada soil. He said each day brings something new for his business.
"It is definitely a challenge," Hollis said of growing in Nevada. "Number one, we have probably the crappiest soil in the world. On top of that, we have dramatic weather changes. The best information I get is from my customers because you have people that have been extremely successful growing all kinds of things.
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Initial Jobless Claims Beat; Continuing Claims At Lowest Since Dec 2007Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/17/2014 - 08:37
Initial jobless claims rose very modestly from last week's near 7-year lows but handily beat expectations with the 4-week average at its lowest since September 2007. Of course, as Yellen explained yesterday, none of this matters as if one indicator of jobs improvement gets too strong to enable more easy money, we simply flip to another that indicates a different worse (more real) reality. Continuing Claims also dropped (beating expectations) to uits lowest since Dec 2007 (as if the whole crisis never happened).
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Goldman Reports Worst Q1 Results Since Lehman, Average Employee Pay Drops 7% To $376,840Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/17/2014 - 07:59
Moments ago Goldman reports its first quarter earnings, which beat expectations that had been drastically lowered into this quarter. Specifically, total Q1 revenue printed at $9.33 billion, beating expectations of $8.66Bn, while EPS, which declined 6% from a year ago, also beat Estimates of $3.49 at $4.02. Looking at the key operating segments, the all important FICC revenue was $2.85Bn, also above the sharply reduced estimate of $2.63Bn, while IB was $1.78Bn, more than the Wall Street estimate of $1.52Bn. That was the good news. The bad news: Goldman's first quarter results were the worst since the Lehman crisis, and just to put the critical FICC group's revenues in perspective: at $2.9 billion they were less than half what FICC recorded in Q1 2010 when people apparently still traded.
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Frontrunning: April 17Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/17/2014 - 07:45
- Putin Doesn't Rule Out Sending Troops (WSJ)
- Japan Cuts Economic View on Tax Rise (WSJ)
- No "harsh weather" in Chipotle restaurants where comp store sales rose 13.4% (PR)
- No sanctions for you: EU sanctions push on Russia falters amid big business lobbying (FT)
- Consumer Spending on Health Care Jumps as Obamacare Takes Hold (BBG)
- China Seen Cracking on Property Controls (BBG)
- Google, IBM results raise questions about other tech-sector companies (Reuters)
- California city evacuation lifted after military ordnance found (Reuters)
- For Obama, Standoff With Moscow Jumbles Plans at Home and Abroad (WSJ)
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Putin Says Russia Will Respond To NATO Moves, Accuses Kiev Of Plunging Ukraine Into "Abyss"Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/17/2014 - 07:30
It didn't take long for Putin to respond to the latest news from the west that NATO was about to boost its military presence in proximity to Russia. Specifically he said that Putin does not see a reason to fear NATO which was to be expected. But the even more predictable punchline: Russia must respond when NATO moves closer to country's border, President Vladimir Putin says during annual televised call-in show. The Russian president made his views clear during a nationally televised question-and-answer session in Moscow on Thursday, ahead of the Geneva two-day meeting during which the Ukraine problam is (again) supposed to get a diplomatic solution (it won't). During the Q&A Putin also accused the Kiev government of committing "a serious crime" by sending in troops to quell unrest in Ukraine's east, as a clash overnight left three pro-Russian protesters dead and 13 wounded. And just to make sure there is a solid enough soundbite, the former KGB spy accused the authorities in Kiev of plunging the country into an "abyss".
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It's Op-Ex Day, And The Buying Panic Is LateSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 04/17/2014 - 07:05
After a solid day for risk yesterday, surging higher on a continuation of the rumor that Japan's economy will deteriorate so much the BOJ will have to print more money (even though overnight ex BOJ governor Sekido said Kuroda won't print more) we have a more cautious tone this morning heading into the Easter long weekend. A double earnings miss from Google and IBM following the US market close, comments from the Chinese Premier suggesting that the government will keep its policy settings unchanged, and a press conference from Russia's President Putin in which the Russian president as expected, has refused to back down, has put a small dampener on sentiment today. Add the fact that due to Good Friday April equities Op-Ex will take place today and trading in the next 9 hours promises to be more unrigged than ever, especially if the NY Fed trading desk manages to slam the VIX into single-digit territory
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The Richest Man In Asia Is Selling Everything In ChinaSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 04/16/2014 - 22:00
Here's a guy you want to bet on - Li Ka-Shing. Li is reportedly the richest person in Asia with a net worth well in excess of $30 billion, much of which he made being a shrewd property investor. Li Ka-Shing was investing in mainland China back in the early 90s, way back before it became the trendy thing to do. Now, Li wants out of China. All of it.
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FBI Plans To Have 52 Million Photos In Facial Recognition Database By 2015Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/16/2014 - 21:52
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So it looks like the culprit is AVG. I tried killing the (many) processes that it has running, but only a few would go away. The others said I didn't have permission to kill them, even though I was running as administrator. I uninstalled AVG completely, and BF2 worked fine after that. I re-installed AVG, and BF2 started having the same problem again.
A workaround is to temporarily disable AVG by going into Tools->Advanced Settings and checking the appropriate box. It only allows you to do this for 15 minutes max, but I found that if kicked back on while the game was running, it didn't have much of an impact on performance.
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Hi, Thanks for the response!
-I'll check out the CPU and GPU links you sent. I'll also try killing AVG while in use.
-Minimal processes is based on the Processes list, not the Tasks.
-I can't turn everything to lowest in BF2, because I can't get that far. The first screen I see is the profile selection, and it's already too choppy to use.
-CPU usage is at 4% and I still have over 500 MB of RAM available before I launch BF2. CPU goes to 100% shortly after BF2 launch.
-I did a clean install of Windows XP a year or so ago. I only use this computer for older games, and have been using mostly for Age of Wonders and Diablo 2 recently.
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Wow. You just made me feel very nostalgic with those specs.
Okay, I wish I could stop saying this.
Just because one game runs fine doesn't mean the other does!
Just because it used to work doesn't mean it still will. I know it says "minimum 1.5ghz pentium 3" But that means with the
utterly lowest settings.
Your entire rig hits the bottom end of the Recommended settings. XP SP3 eats quite a bit more CPU than 1 and 2. AVG has also gotten more CPU intense over the last year. (Annoyingly.) Those two alone combined eat up pretty much most of your speed.
Now for possible solutions that don't involve spending money....
Does it work if you turn everything to extremely low?
Also, it is possible your pc overheats. Run
for the GPU temperature, and
for the CPU temperature.
Would this "minimal processes" be the ones listed under the Tasks or under the Processes tab in Taskmanager? Because most processes aren't listed in the most commonly used tab in taskmanager. Try seeing what you can shut down from the Processes tab.
(Not by clicking 'end task' at random! That WILL reboot your pc!)
Use google to look up what process does what before you kill it.
Windows, regardless of which, runs a ridiculous ammount of utterly useless services you absolutely don't need, and most of the time don't even want running. This will require manual editing of services.msc. Follow these guides:
htt p://www.jasonn.com/turning_off_unnecessary_services_on_windows_xp
http://www.techrepublic.com/i/tr/downloads/home/windows_xp_ services_that_can_be_disabled.pdf
Also, when was the last time you ran your virus scanner; and a registry cleaner?
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Posted: Apr 8, 2012 8:50 PM
After I start BF2 v1.1 up, it becomes extremely choppy, even before I have selected a profile, to the point that it's hard to get the cursor to line up with a button to click.
I've followed tweak guides to use the no movies, no intro, windowed mode, and no startup music arguments on start up. It goes straight to the profile screen and seems fine at first, but after about 15 seconds it becomes choppy. CPU usage is maxed out at this point.
I'm running a Dell P4 2ghz (single core) from 2002, with 768 RAM and ATI Radeon 9800 Pro with 128 MB. Still have 8GB available on a 40 GB hard drive. Windows XP SP 3, fully updated. Minimal processes running in the background (AVG anti-virus).
Other games run fine, like Starcraft, Diablo 2, and Steam games. BF2 has run fine previously on this machine, too, but it's been a couple years since I last ran it I think.
I didn't see a search feature for the forums here, so I apologize if this is a well-known issue. Google didn't help me much, either. I appreciate any help anyone can offer!
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It All Began With Bugs
That's where it usually begins when your father is an entomologist.
Tom Hammock, son of distinguished professor Bruce Hammock, of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, learned about insects early in life. Young Tom caught, sketched and released such insects as dragonfiles, damselflies and wasps.
"He didn't want to kill them," his father recalled.
Tom took art lessons from noted scientific illustrator Mary Foley Benson, and initially pondered a career as a scientific illustrator. He considered biology as a college major, and finally, landscape architecture. After graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in landscape architecture, Tom studied film design at the American Film Institute and worked on such films as Breaking Bad, Dexter and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Tom, who now lives in Hollywood, is better known for his work in the wildly popular young adult and horror genre, including "You're Next!" and "All the Boys Love Mandy Lane."
"Will o' the Wisp" is based on many of his father's childhood memories of the Deep South. Bruce Hammock, born in Little Rock, Ark., and a graduate of Louisiana State University, beguiled him with fascinating stories about southern swamps and will o' the wisps, his pet raccoon, a biological supply company, venomous creatures, and dermestid beetles, used to clean animal skeletons.
You'll read about them--and more--in "Will o' the Wisp."
"Almost no one writes for girls and almost no one writes for girls dealing with girls and science," Tom said. "Graphic novels for girls are rare and have a tough road in the publishing world."
Assorted bugs, including butterflies, scorpions, fireflies, mosquitoes, beetles and spiders, find their way into the book. And a tattoo of a dermestid beetle found its way on Hutchison's arm. (For more information on the graphic novel, access ossuaryisle.com, and then check out the trailer, Facebook page, and YouTube video.)
"Will o' the Wisp" is drawing rave reviews, and rightfully so. Already it has been nominated for "best young adult graphic novel" award from the American Library Association.
The Hammock-Hutchison team plans to make this a trilogy.
One online comment, with triple exclamation points, says it all: "OMG!! This was so good. I hope and hope and hope there will be more!!!!"
Looking back, entomologist Bruck Hammock commented: "Tom was always interested in landscape, art, and biology. However, film and graphic novels are so far from my background, I never saw this as a career path. In retrospect it is obvious."
And it all began with bugs.
Tom Hammock, a renaissance man, has authored a graphic novel featuring a girl scientist who solves mysteries in a southern swamp. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Exciting News from the Hammock Lab
In research led by postdoctoral researcher Zuodong Zhang, a team of 16 scientists discovered a key mechanism by which dietary omega-3 fatty acids (fish oils) could reduce the tumor growth and spread of cancer, a disease that kills some 580,000 Americans a year.
The research is published today (April 3) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). They discovered cytochrome P450 epoxygenase metabolites of omega-3 fatty acid DHA or epoxy docosapentaenoic acids (EDPs) block blood supply to the tumor and thus inhibit tumor growth and metastasis.
The natural EDPs were further stabilized by a drug called a soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitor which is already under development to control pain and hypertension.
"Many human studies have shown that omega-3 fatty acids reduce the risks of cancers, but the mechanism is poorly understood," said Zhang, a postdoctoral researcher who focuses his research on lipid mediators on angiogenesis, tumor growth and metastasis. "Our study provides a novel mechanism by which these omega-3 lipids inhibit cancer."
"We demonstrated that EDPs have very potent anti-cancer and anti-metastatic effects," Zhang said. "Current anti-cancer drugs that block angiogenesis (the formation of new blood vessels to fuel tumor progression) can cause serious side effects such as hypertension. By blocking angiogenesis by a new mechanism and by widening blood vessels, EDPs could block tumor growth with reduced side effects in cancer patients."
The studies, conducted on mice, also suggest that a combination of omega-3 diet and some anti-cancer drugs such as sorafenib, "could not only be efficacious to treat cancers but reduce potential side effects," said Zhang, who received his doctorate in food science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
"Thus the effects of the soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitors have opposite effects depending on whether the background lipid mediators are omega 3 or omega 6," Hammock said. "Assuming that humans are mice (the study involved mice), the prediction is that with some cancer drugs--particularly the ones like sorafenib and regorafenib that are potent epoxide hydrolase inhibitors as well as anti-angiogenic agents--these could be more effective with a high omega 3 and low omega 6 background."
"This is an exciting step towards our full appreciation of the impact of bioactive products from the DHA metabolome," said Charles Serhan of Harvard Medical School, an expert on omega-3 autacoids and inflammation who is the Simon Gelman Professor of Anesthesia, Periopterative and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School. "This (UC Davis) contribution places metabolic conversion of omega-3 DHA to epoxy DHA products pivotal in vascular mechanisms key in cancer and vascular biology. It will be exciting to watch these important findings translated to humans for new evidence based treatments for angiogenesis, tumor growth and cancer metastasis."
Said cardiologist Jonathan Lindner of the Oregon Health & Science University: "New drug strategies for fighting cancer could emerge from knowledge of how the body uses nutrition to promote health. Diet has been shown to influence susceptibility to many types of cancer, and also to influence rate of tumor progression and response to chemotherapy. This information has been leveraged to make reasonable recommendations on diet in patients with cancer. Perhaps more importantly, by uncovering how diet influences tumor development and growth, it may be possible to develop new drugs that work through the same beneficial pathways."
"The study by Zhang and colleagues has uncovered a previously unrecognized anti-cancer effect of omega-3 fatty acids which are an important lipid component of diets that have been developed to prevent heart disease and cancer," Lindner said. "The authors have demonstrated that metabolites of these lipids can act to suppress the growth of new blood vessels that are necessary to feed tumor growth. By shutting off the tumor's blood supply, these compounds can act to dramatically slow tumor growth and prevent metastasis. The results from this suggest that new drug strategies for fighting cancer could emerge from knowledge of how the body uses nutrition to promote health."
Read more about the research on the UC Davis Department of Entomology website and see photos of some of the co-authors.
UC Davis postdoctoral researcher Zuodong Zhang. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
From Butterflies to Blood Pressure and Beyond
It promises to be a lively discussion.
UC Davis entomologist Bruce Hammock, distinguished professor of entomology, will speak on "From Butterflies to Blood Pressure and Beyond: Is It Possible to Get a Drug to the Clinic with a University's Help?" at a Science Café session set Wednesday, April 3 at 5:30 p.m. in Crepeville, 330 3rd St., Davis.
The session, open to the public and billed as "a conversation with Professor Bruce Hammock," will be hosted by the UC Davis Division of Math and Physical Sciences. Co-sponsor is the Department of Chemistry. Professor Jared T. Shaw will introduce Hammock.
Said Hammock: "The science is how basic research on insects has led to a drug for blocking hypertension and neuropathic pain. The general discussion is on the difficulties of translating basic science paid for by the taxpayer, into a technology that can actually help the taxpayer."
Hammock, a member of the UC Davis Department of Entomology faculty since 1980, holds a joint appointment with the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Research Center, and directs the campuswide Superfund Research Program, National Institutes of Health Biotechnology Training Program, and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Combined Analytical Laboratory.
He is a fellow of the Entomological Society of America, a member of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, and the recipient of the 2001 UC Davis Faculty Research Lecture Award and the 2008 Distinguished Teaching Award for Graduate and Professional Teaching.
Western tiger swallowtail, Papilio rutulus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bruce Hammock in his habitat. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
From Insect Development to Heart Research
Take entomologist Bruce Hammock, distinguished professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis. Forty years ago, while studying insect development, he discovered a group of anti-inflammatory compounds called sEH (soluble epoxide hydrolases) inhibitors.
In 2005 he began collaborating with cardiologist and cell biologist Nipavan Chiamvimonvat of the School of Medicine's Division of Cardiovascular Medicine.
Fast forward to today.
Today an 11-scientist team from the Chiamvimonvat and Hammock labs published groundbreaking research in the Proceedings of National Academic of Sciences that shows a new treatment may help prevent and reduce cardiac fibrosis, a common occurrence in patients after a heart attack.
The research utilized a treatment involving a compound synthesized by Sing Lee and Sung Hee Hwang in the Hammock lab. The scientists determined the molecular mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) inhibitors in a heart attack.
"Our study (using rodents) provides evidence for a possible new therapeutic strategy to reduce cardiac fibrosis and improve cardiac function after a heart attack," Chiamvimonvat told us.
Every year some 935,000 U.S. residents have a heart attack, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Heart disease kills about 600,000 a year, accounting for one in every four deaths in the nation.
The research, "New Mechanistic Insights into the Beneficial Effects of Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Inhibitors in the Prevention of Cardiac Fibrosis," is "really important in terms of understanding a unique pathway which may be targeted to reduce fibrosis and adverse cardiac remodeling," Chiamvimonvat said.
The lead authors of the research paper are Padmini Sirish and Ning Li of the Chiamvimonvat lab, and Jun-Yan Liu of the Hammock lab. In addition, other researchers involved in the project are Kin Sing Stephen Lee, and Sung Hee Hwang of the Hammock lab; Hong Qiu, Cuifen Zhao, and Siu Mei Ma of the Chiamvimonvat lab, and López, who developed the methods to quantitate the fibrotic cells using flow cytometry.
Chiamvimonvat and Hammock have filed patents with the University of California for sEH inhibitors and cardiac hypertrophy therapy and organ fibrosis.
A multi-talented scientist and administrator, Hammock holds a joint appointment with the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Research Center, and directs the campuswide Superfund Research Program, National Institutes of Health Biotechnology Training Program, and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Combined Analytical Laboratory. He is a fellow of the Entomological Society of America, a member of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, and the recipient of the 2001 UC Davis Faculty Research Lecture Award and the 2008 Distinguished Teaching Award for Graduate and Professional Teaching.
Read more about Hammock's research activities on his lab website. More information on the Hammock/Chiamvimonvat research appears on the Department of Entomology's website.
Heart researchers Bruce Hammock and Nipavan Chiamvimonvat. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis Alum and the Pathogens
Hoover, who received her doctorate in entomology from UC Davis in 1997, will discuss "Co-Evolution in a Host Baculovirus System" from noon to 1 p.m. in 366 Briggs Hall.
She will be in California in conjunction with her trip to Ventura to participate in the Gordon Research Conference, an international forum for the presentation and discussion of frontier research in the biological, chemical, and physical sciences, and their related technologies.
"The gypsy moth has a long co-evolutionary history with its host specific baculovirus, Lymantria dispar NPV," Hoover said. "As a result, the gypsy moth has evolved counter-defenses against the virus, while in return the virus has strategies for increasing its own fitness at the expense of the host. For example, anti-viral defenses include apoptosis of infected cells (despite viral inhibitor of apoptosis genes), while the virus manipulates host behavior to enhance transmission to new hosts, which is an example of the extended phenotype."
While a grad student at UC Davis, Hoover studied with major professors Bruce Hammock and Sean Duffey (1943-1997). After a one-year postdoctoral position at UC Berkeley, she joined the faculty of the Penn State University Department of Entomology in 1998.
Her research program at Penn State focuses on invasive species, including development of trapping techniques for the Asian longhorned beetle; gut microbial symbionts of the Asian longhorned beetle and hemlock woolly adelgid; functions of key viral genes in transmission of the gypsy moth baculovirus and anti-viral defenses; and biological control of hemlock woolly adelgid.
Hoover is the lead author of the highly acclaimed research, "A Gene for an Extended Phenotype," published Sept. 9, 2011 in Science. It was selected for the Faculty of 1000 (F1000), which places her work in its library of the top 2 percent of published articles in biology and medicine.
Kelli Hoover of Penn State chats with Kevin Heinz (center) of Texas A&M and Bruce Hammock of UC Davis at a meeting of the Entomological Society of America. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Kelli Hoover (front center) received her doctorate from the UC Davis Department of Entomology in 1997. She's shown here in 1993 with (from left) major prin 19ofessor Sean Duffey (1943-1997), Billy McCutchen and Bryony Bonning. (Courtesy Photo)